Scissors
- Object Name:
- Scissors
- Object ID:
- 2017.014.094.1
- Date:
- 1825-1850
- Description:
- Pair of sewing scissors. Oval finger rings attached to handles. Short, broad blades. Screw pivot. "J.BADGER" behind pivot on one side.
- Material:
- Metal
- Dimensions:
- W-1.6 L-4.5 D-0.2 inches
- Provenance:
- Part of the Ethel Cilley Stone Collection, consisting of objects, documents, photographs, and memorabilia related to James Stone (1780-1874) and his wife Mary East Beard Stone (1791-1875) of Dunbarton; their son Captain Andrew J. Stone (1828-1864) of Dunbarton, California, etc.; Wesley Page Stone (1833-1916) and his wife Alice Patten Cilley (1849-1934) of Dunbarton; and their daughter, schoolteacher and family historian Ethel Cilley Stone (1884-1981) of Dunbarton and Goffstown.
The collection descended to Ethel Cilley Stone. After her death, the bulk of her estate passed to her minister, Rev. Graham T. Rowley (1932-2012) of Goffstown, then to his children, the donors. - Credit Line:
- Gift of Daniel T. Rowley and Elizabeth A. Rowley
- People:
- Stone, Ethel Cilley (1884-1981)
- Subjects:
- Sewing equipment and supplies, Scissors and shears
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